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Satellite imagery analysts claimed the village was two kilometres inside Bhutanese territory. The Chinese journalist has since deleted his tweet about the village. Representational image of Chinese soldiers | Photo: D. Myles Cullen | Commons A Chinese journalist has sparked controversy after tweeting, and then deleting, the map of a new village of the country.  Satellite imagery analysts claimed the village was two kilometres inside Bhutanese territory and near the Doklam Plateau , but Bhutan has contested the analysis, asserting that there is no Chinese encroachment on its territory. “There is no Chinese village on Bhutanese territory,” Major General V. Namgyel, Bhutan’s envoy to India, told ThePrint. Asked if the village was on Chinese land, he repeated that all he can say is that there are no Chinese villages on Bhutanese land. To combat this Chinese engineers have constructed a small retaining wall, I assume designed to keep any flood water out of the village. I'm not sure I...

National Solidarity Day is celebrated on 2 0th Octobe r every year to remember the national integrity shown by Indian citizens in the face of defeat in the Sino-Indian war. 20th October 1962 the war began when People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China attacked India at the Himalayan borders in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh simultaneously. This became a wake-up call for India to establish an efficient armed force for border security. National Solidarity day is a reminder to all Indians of the significance of unity and integrity in protecting our nation. This year National Solidarity Day 2020 will be on 20th October 2020, Tuesday. Sino-Indo War (20 Oct 1962 – 21 Nov 1962) After regaining their Independence there was a constant boundary dispute between China and India as there was no clear border separation. China claimed Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh as its territories in their maps and even rejected to acknowledge McMohan Line which separates India and China border in the east...

Latest satellite imagery shows China is tracking the depths of Pangong Tso as well through new techniques used for anti-submarine warfare by navies around the world. Pangong Tso lake in eastern Ladakh (Image | go2ladakh) Since the time the Indo-China border standoff began, the People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF) has been keeping the surface of Pangong Tso under surveillance through high-speed patrol crafts such as Type 305 and Type 928D boats copied from Swedish CB-90 boats . But latest satellite imagery shows China is now tracking the depths of Pangong Tso as well through new techniques used for anti-submarine warfare by navies around the world. On July 31, India Today OSINT team had reported the presence of at least 13 boats between Finger 4 and Finger 8. The boat squadron was boosted by at least eight new boats from a major base at Rimutang to Kunrak Fort and Finger 5 , barely 2.5 km from Finger 4 . And now, latest satellite images from depth areas, especially Chin...

Despite criticism, the treaty has lived through three wars, a number of military stand-offs and the rising tide of water nationalism fueled by friction between Indian and Pakistan. Jhelum river in Srinagar. Photo: Reuters/Danish Ismail A little over 60 years ago , on September 19, 1960 , the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) was signed between India and Pakistan to share waters from the Indus rivers system (IRS) . After years of negotiations between representatives from India and Pakistan, which were mediated by the World Bank , Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru went to Karachi, the then capital of Pakistan to sign the Indus Waters Treaty along with the Pakistani head of state, General Ayub Khan. The vice president of the World Bank, W.A.B. Iliff also signed the document. Nehru hoped that the agreement would bring prosperity to peasants on both sides, and peace, friendship, and goodwill between India and Pakistan. Unfortunately, this did not happen as relations between the two countries remai...

Context: Pakistan has resorted to its usual tactic of some high-profile actions in the run-up to the FATF plenary to create the impression that it was delivering on its counter-terror financing commitments.  It is again looking to China, Malaysia and Turkey to help it get off lightly for failing to fully implement an action plan to tackle terror funding when the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) assesses its case in October. Ahead of FATF’s working group and plenary meetings between October 18 and 23, the Asia-Pacific Group (APG), a regional affiliate of the multilateral watchdog, reviewed Pakistan’s actions to counter-terror financing and money laundering at a virtual meeting on September 15 and 16. Pakistan is unlikely to be moved from FATF’s grey list to the black list, despite mounting frustration among the watchdog’s members over its repeated failure to deliver on the action plan. At the virtual meeting, China expectedly backed Pakistan’s actions to counter-terror financing,...

Amid the ongoing tensions over transgressions by the Chinese in Eastern Ladakh, the Indian Army is keeping its formidable Bofors howitzers ready for operations.  Indian Army’s Bofors Gun | Representyative image In a visit to the maintenance facilities for the Bofors guns in Ladakh, ANI could see the effort with which the engineers of the force are servicing and maintaining the 155mm Bofors gun in Ladakh.  The Bofors gun, which was inducted into the regiment of artillery in the mid-1980s, is capable of firing both in low and high angles will be deployed in Ladakh once they will be serviced.  In Ladakh, Army Engineers were seen servicing one such Bofors gun which they said that it will be ready to roar in a few days. According to the officials, the gun required periodical servicing and maintenance to keep roaring for which technicians have been deployed to keep it in working.  Bofors was instrumental in winning many battles of Operation Vijay was displayed in Dras in J...

India has been moving quietly over the past few years to counter China’s ‘String Of Pearls’ strategy to encircle India and limit its role in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). Indian Navy needs much more empowerment today as compared to ever before. The Mutual Logistics Support Agreement (MLSA) that India signed with Australia on 3 June is the latest in a series of such deals that New Delhi has been inking with friendly countries to foil China’s expansionist designs and hegemonic tactics in the IOR. These agreements are force multipliers for the Indian Navy and allow the country’s naval ships to operate far beyond the country’s shores. With these, the Indian Navy has become a formidable capable of maintaining open sea lanes, upholding freedom of navigation and the (UNCLOS).China has been often and justifiably accused by many countries of violating UNCLOS and not adhering to an international rules-based order. Source:

India had earmarked 200 military personnel, including 180 soldiers from an infantry battalion and observers from the IAF and the Navy, to take part in the exercise, Kavkaz-2020.    ( Representative image | Zee News) India on Saturday withdrew from a multilateral military exercise — Kavkaz-2020 — that was scheduled to be held in southern Russia next month as it did not want to perform drills with Chinese soldiers amid tensions at the Line of Actual Control (LAC), ThePrint has learnt. The decision was taken after a high-level military and diplomatic meeting, sources in the defence and security establishment said.  India had planned to send 200 military personnel, including 180 soldiers from an infantry battalion and observers from the IAF and the Navy, to take part in the exercise, also known as Caucasus-20.   The exercise is to be held in the Astrakhan province of southern Russia between 15 and 27 September, and other participants include Pakistan, among other me...

(Representative Image | Credits: Freshers LIVE) The Russian-origin air defence systems are used by both the Indian Army and the Air Force and are supposed to be used when the enemy fighter jets or choppers come close to own locations or deployments during hostilities.  The Indian side has also enhanced its surveillance through the deployment of radars and surface to air missile systems to keep track of the enemy air movement there. While building up in the Eastern Ladakh sector including areas such as Galwan valley and Patrolling Point 14, the Indian forces had observed that a number of Chinese choppers had tried to come inside Indian territory near the flashpoints. ( Russian made Igla-S MANPADS (Man-Portable Air Defence System) deployed by the Indian Army at China border | Image: IAS4Sure)   Source: TOI  

Representative Image   Saluting the brave Galwan valley martyrs, Times Network , India's premium broadcast network, releases a special documentary, 'Gallantry at Galwan — A Tale Of Valour' this Independence Day. Marking two months to the deadly Galwan clash which witnessed the heroic sacrifice of 20 brave soldiers, who valiantly fought the Chinese transgression into the Indian territory, the special documentary scheduled for telecast on August 15, at 1:00 pm on TIMES NOW, TIMES NOW WORLD and Mirror NOW brings forth the story of grit and raw courage of these soldiers. The 45-minute-long succinct account of factual events that took place in the intervening night of June 15-16 in the Galwan Valley of eastern Ladakh, the documentary analyses the bloodiest engagement between Indian and Chinese troops in 45 years and aims to inform the viewers about the history of ongoing border dispute between the countries and reflects on how tensions unfolded over the years. Acc...

The latest ban on 59 China-linked apps has sent a signal to the West that India is prepared to take bold decisions to protect its security and sovereignty against an increasingly belligerent neighbour.   US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo In banning 59 apps of purported Chinese origin – a move that was, presumably, made in retaliation to the disturbing events that unfolded on June 15 that lead to the deaths of twenty Indian soldiers at the Sino-Indian border in Eastern Ladakh – Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a definitive statement that India was prepared to employ unconventional means to resist undue pressure from China. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, China has displayed a remarkable degree of aggression on numerous fronts. From the boundary dispute in the Himalayas, to maritime encroachment in the South China Sea, to the controversial national security law passed in Hong Kong, and, more recently, in inflaming territorial discord with Bhutan, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has...

China gains no particular strategic advantage by positioning themselves at Finger 4 other than 'land grabbing', according to India's defence and security establishment. Representational image of China's People's Liberation Army | Photo: Justin Chin | Bloomberg The Chinese move to position itself between Finger 4 and Finger 8 of the Pangong Lake, a total of 8 km inside India’s Line of Actual Control (LAC), is bullying tactics to stop India’s road construction activity , sources in the defence and security establishment said. According to sources, while a road from Finger 2 to Finger 4 is something that has been in the works for long, a fresh attempt was being made by India. “To travel from Finger 3 to Finger 4, the Indians have to do so by foot through a narrow track. An attempt was being made to build a proper track to Finger 4 which was being objected to by the Chinese ,” a source said. India-China Military standpoints at Pangong Tso lake - 'Fingers 1- 8...

PM Narendra Modi addressed Indian Army soldiers during his visit to Leh amid an ongoing border standoff with China. Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with the Indian troops during his visit to the forward post at Nimu in Ladakh, Friday, July 3, 2020. (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the soldiers of the Indian Army deployed in the eastern Ladakh sector along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China on Friday and paid glowing tribute to their valour while delivering a strong message to China by recounting India’s history of repulsing attacks by ‘invaders’.   Here are the top 10 quotes by PM Modi 1. “Your bravery and your dedication to safeguard mother India’s honour is not comparable. Your endurance is not inferior to anyone in the world. No one in the world can compete with the tough situations and the heights you embrace while serving mother India. Your courage is taller than the heights you are deployed in. Your resolve is stronger than the valleys you walk eve...